The Pack Mule

You sigh as you carry a large and heavy pack full of junk from your last adventure. Well, you can't really call it -your- last adventure. To be honest, it was the adventure of the Lizardgirl you were travelling with. You? You were just the pack mule. Carried the stuff she won in epic battles while you stood behind her, carried the occasional touch, oooooh and let's not forget being used as a step stool to reach at hard to get switches.

 

Yep, this was the life.

 

"Hey, hurry up back there, we're almost to the village." The Lizardgirl looks at you as she walks up the hill.

 

"Well you don't have... have all this... junk to carry!" You respond as you trudge after her. You swear that back on your back was getting heavier with each step, but eventually did you did make it up the hill to see her tapping her feet impatiently.

 

"It can't be that heavy, quit complaining. Just think of it as exercise. A healthy body is a strong body after all!"

 

Yeah, Healthy and strong. You take a moment to admire her body, something you often had the chance to do since all you did was carry the loot. You start with her legs, perfectly toned from all the training and walking she does. Next was her ass, and you thanked Ilias that she always wore such a tight suit of armour that showed it off perfectly. Though by the time you got to her ample and soft looking chest, you were meet with a scowl.

 

"Are you quite done, or did you want me to strip for you?"

 

"...Is that an option?"

 

She sputters at that remark and had half a mind to hid you with the flat part of her sword. "Just get moving you pervert!!"

 

So you moved on, though the trudge down was harder then the one up the hill. Right next to the path was a sheer drop off into the woods below. It would suck to fall down there.

 

"Careful, you don't want to fall down." ...Didn't you just think that? You said as much to her and she replies with a scoff.

 

"Well at least you take enough thought of my body to actually think about something else." Ouch. Rude! You shake your head and press on hoping that everything would be smooth sailing from here on in...

 

Which it wasn't. Because all the extra weight you were carrying made the path, which wasn't very solid to begin with, crumble and you began to fall down to the forest below. But thankfully, your lizardgirl companion was there to grab a hold of your hand preventing you from falling to your assured death.

 

"Damn it I told you to be careful!!" Though now she was struggling to pick you back up. Guess you were right, that pack was way to heavy.

 

"Drop the pack!"

 

Wait what? This loot paid for food and shelter for the both of you. A haul like this wouldn't come again for a while--

 

"But we need the money--"

 

"You're more important damn it!!"

 

The shock of her statement caused you to let go of the straps on the pack causing it to slip right off of you and fall to the earth below. It finally hit the ground with a dull thud just as the Lizardgirl pulls you away from the cliff edge and both of you fall to the ground...

 

With your face in her chest. Shit you were dead now. Though instead of a slap to the face, you receive an tight embrace that pushed further into that softness.

 

"Damnit all! D-don't scare like that again! No amount of money is worth you risking your life ok!?" You look up at her to see her eyes were glossy with tears. You bring an arm around her as well as you both hold each other for a while. But still something about what she said make you want to ask.

 

"So what you said, about me being more important--"

 

"What do you think it means dummy? I have feelings for you." Her expression turns into a halfsmile as she runs her scaled hand through your hair.

 

"Yeah you carry all the loot, but your far more important to me then just that. The time we share together... That's the most important thing about this adventure is to me." You felt the same as she did, even if you where stuck doing the hard labour while she got to fight the monsters and be the hero, you were always going to be there for her ready to carry the spoils back home.

 

Because you both loved eachother.

 

Heaving finally calmed both your nerves down, both you and the lizardgirl made it down the rather large hill. You find the landing sight of the pack and discover that most of the items are pretty much worthless now. But on the bright side the junk should be enough to get food in your bellies and a one bed room at the inn.

 

Which, by the looks she was giving you now seemed to be just what she had planed to happen...

 

End.